![]() ![]() I decided to test both vehicles at R/C Madness in Enfield, CT on the large 1/8 offroad dirt track. The Rally has a sleek on road rally inspired body similar to many production rally cars that you see on the road every day. The Slash 4×4 utilizes a full-fendered short course inspired off road truck shell. The back end of the Rally has a very narrow rear bumper that extends beyond the rear tires.įinally, and perhaps the most obvious difference, the body. The bumper protects the suspension items and chassis and helps the body hold its shape in front impact collisions. The Rally has a wide foam front bumper that is hidden from view underneath the body. On the rear, the wide bumper extends well beyond the rear tires and sits about flush with the body. The Slash 4×4 has a wide bumper that extends in front of the body to help protect the suspension components and chassis. The aggressive gravel tread will wear out rather fast, however, if used on asphalt or other hard, compacted surfaces.Įach vehicle has a different bumper as well. On the other hand, the Rally tires, being a smidge shorter, help it to corner quickly. The tread will also last a good long time regardless of where you operate the truck. The Slash 4×4 tires, being just a bit taller than the Rally tires, help it to tame rougher terrain and are one of the reasons it has more ground clearance. They work well on a multitude of surfaces, have a cut tread and stand just over 4.25 inches tall. The Slash 4×4 utilizes BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A inspired tires. These tires have an aggressive knobby style tread that is great on loose surfaces and stands 4.02 inches tall. The Rally features BFGoodrich Rally Gravel tires. The down side to the low center of gravity chassis is that the Rally tends to bottom out when trying to tackle bigger obstacles.Īnother key area of difference between these two vehicles are the tires. This in turn results in a lower center of gravity so the Rally is much more stable under high speed cornering. The Rally also utilizes a nylon chassis except that it has just under an inch of ground clearance. The down side to the high ground clearance is that the Slash 4×4 exhibits a great deal of body roll when cornering, due to a high center of gravity and this sometimes leads to the truck flipping over. Because of this awesome amount of clearance, the Slash 4×4 is well at home over huge jumps and killer terrain. The durable nylon chassis used by the Slash 4×4 has well over two inches of ground clearance. The first, and most major, is the chassis. BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/Aĭespite all their similarities, there are some substantial differences between these two vehicles. Finally, the Rally and Slash 4×4 share the same suspension including shocks, arms, towers, knuckles and hubs. Both vehicles also utilize the same shaft driven drivetrain with durable gear differentials, Revo-Spec Torque-Control slipper clutch and slider driveshafts. ![]() They both feature the same sensorless Velineon 3500 brushless motor, TQi 2.4GHz radio system and waterproof 2075 digital high-torque servo. Each vehicle features a Velineon VXL-3s brushless speed control that is capable of running on 6-to 7-cell NiMH battery packs and 2S to 3S LiPo packs. The electronics on both vehicles are, in fact, identical. With so many people currently invested in short course trucks, I thought it best to pit these two similar platforms against one another and see who will reign supreme!Ĭomparing the Traxxas Slash 4×4 and Rally is a very fair way to determine the strengths and weaknesses of these two styles of vehicle because they share very similar suspension components and electronics. While similar in size to the current batch of short course trucks on the market, the Rally brings a level of cool and realism that I think trucks just can’t capture. Since then, everyone has released a short course truck in one form or another.The question that has been asked many times since, is what will be the next craze in this great hobby? Well, after having driven the new Rally from Traxxas, I have a sneaking suspicion that rally cars and rally racing just might be the next big thing. Arguably, Traxxas started the short course truck craze when they released the Slash back in 2008. ![]()
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